Blackjack is a card game in which players will win if they obtained cards that has the value 21 or closest to 21 compared to the dealer without going over it. Cards 2 to 9 have the value according to their numbers; 10, jack, queen, and king are valued 10; and an ace can be valued 1 or 11. A natural blackjack would be an ace with any card valued 10.
The dealer starts the game by giving two cards to all of the players, including the dealer. All of the cards are dealt face up except for 1 of the dealer’s card. After seeing the card, players must decide what they want to do. Common decisions are hitting or standing. Hitting is receiving one more card to the hand while standing is not doing anything to the hand. Players can also double down, meaning
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A blackjack can be obtained by getting a card valued 10 as the first card and an ace as the second card or vice versa. They are mutually exclusive events as an ace cannot be a 10. In 1 deck, there are 4 aces and 16 card valued as 10, which are 4 10s, 4 jacks, 4 queens, and 4 kings. The calculations are shown below:
P (Blackjack) = P ((10 ∩ ace) ∪ (ace ∩ 10))
P (10 ∩ ace) = P (10) x P (ace|10)
P (10 ∩ ace) = 16/52 x 4/51
P (10 ∩ ace) = 16/663
P (ace ∩ 10) = P (ace) x P (10|ace)
P (ace ∩ 10) = 4/52 x 16/51
P (ace ∩10) = 16/663
P (Blackjack) = P (10 ∩ ace) + P (ace ∩ 10)
P (Blackjack) = 16/663 + 16/663
P (Blackjack) = 32/663 = 0.0483 = 4.83% Using similar method, the probability of getting a good hand, which is a hand-valued at least 18 can be calculated. But before that, the probability of getting a hand valued 20, 19, and 18 must be obtained first. A hand valued 20 can be obtained by (10, 10), (ace, 9), and (9, ace). A hand valued 19 can be obtained by (10, 9), (9, 10), (ace, 8) and (8, ace). A hand valued 18 can be obtained by (ace, 7), (7, ace), (10, 8), (8, 10), and (9,9). There are 16 cards with value 10, and 4 cards each with value 7, 8, 9 and
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It is the probability of getting blackjack, 20, 19, and 18 combined. The result is 27.6%.
P (21 ∪ 20 ∪ 19 ∪ 18) = P (21) + P (20) + P (19) + P
In the hilarious 2009 blockbuster hit The Hangover, “the three best friends that anyone could have” need to find a way to get the money they owe Mr. Chow in order to have the groom to be, Doug, returned to them. Phil, Stu, and Alan devise an intricate scheme that uses card counting while playing Blackjack to win a lot of money. The scheme uses many distractions such as Stu, and his stripper wife, acting as a distraction as well as Phil making lots of noise and obscene gestures to the cameras of the casino in order to bring attention to him and allowing Alan to do the card counting and win the money they owe Mr. Chow. When the casino managers begin to become suspicious of the possible card counting that is going on, Stu’s recently married stripper wife falls to the floor causing the security to focus on her giving Alan and Phil time to escape unseen with all the recently won cash. This scene, although entertaining, does not accurately portray what goes on when someone is card counting in these big time casinos, such as the one seen in this movie, Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. Card counting is much more subtle and not such a big scheme as it is portrayed in this very funny movie.
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Another tactic of casinos is the lack of windows or clocks. The idea is to have gamblers not look at the outside world and concentrate on what is going on inside the casino. Without clocks, and with alcohol, how can someone who doesn’t have a watch know what time it is?
When you love someone, you 've gotta trust them. There 's no other way. You 've got to give them the key to everything that 's yours. Otherwise, what 's the point? And for a while, I believed, that 's the kind of love I had” (Casino). Casino centers on Sam ‘Ace’ Rothstein, a gambler of legendary skill who is sent by the mob in the early 1970s to Las Vegas to manage its newly acquired Tangiers Hotel and Casino. Ace is an outsider among outsiders: a dispassionate, calculating, almost pitifully tender civilian among thugs. He’s a Jewish bookie sent by the mob to manage a Vegas casino and embezzle cash for the crime bosses back home. Even when he dons a flamboyant suit and runs patrol around the felt tables of his amoral arena, he looks unsatisfied.
The basic system of just about every casino is that of the tables (including Roulette, Blackjack and Craps) filling the center of the room with computerized machines (including slots and video poker) that don’t need much tending to surrounding the area. Also, in many casinos there is a second floor surrounding the perimeter of the building with balconies everywhere so the main floor is still the center of attention. This setup brings the eye of casino patrons, wherever they may be, to the center of the casino. This strategic arrangement plays with the fact of human nature being drawn to the center of the action. Coincidentally, or not, the games in the center of the casinos are always the games where people often spend the most money. By chance if your eye isn’t drawn then perhaps the shrill of people winning will bring your attention. Don’t be fooled though, house advantage is always higher than...
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The strategies provided in this report are proven to be valid, and in fact there are cases in which group of people work together playing blackjack using these strategies and gained them millions of dollars. Nevertheless, there are still several improvements that can be made, such as explaining different types of basic strategies, adding more examples, clearer explanation, and also explain about how to beat blackjack dealers by working in teams. In short, players should be able to gain profit from playing blackjack if they follow the strategies (basic strategy, card counting, and betting according to true count) provided in this report, as it will increases the chances of winning blackjack.
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